Direction signal for automobiles



- WITNESSr DIRECTION SIGNAL FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed June 7, 1924 ryz 3Snets-Sheet 1 Nov. 17, 1925- H. G. KING DIRECTION SIGNAL FOR AUTOMOBILESs Sheds-Shoot 2 Filed June 7, 1924' WITNESS:

Nov. 17, 1925' H. G. KING nmnc'non SIGNAL FOR AUTOMOBILES 3 Sheets-Sheet5 Filed June 7, 1924 -15 State Of Texas, have invented new and use.

Patented Nev. 17, 1925.

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Be it known that .1, .HERBERT' G.,K11 ;e,-.a citizen of the United Staes, es ding at Victoria, in the cou ty of Victoria; and

ful Improvements in. Directi i Automobiles wof Which th ffi fl is a secificati n The object ofm said ihventipn is the provision of. a eiinp eand pmeti al ly advantageousautomobile signal embedying. a peculiar andefficient semaphore arm and eper-- et-ive control means thro gh themedium of which he semapho e a m ean abe quich y and conveniently moyedand secured in various positions by the driver; of an automobile witheutthe necessity of thedrivefi'movng his. hand outside oi the a omobilebody. ,Other objects and; pract al: a van ages of theinventien will befully understood I from the fpllpwiug description and claims when thesame, a e, read .11 1 connection wit fi he drawings, a compa ying andorm ng part f this specifieatien. i V a Figure l isawiew, part yill-Side el v tion and part y i evertical eeetion, showing thearrangement of the parts in one emhedi= 'ment of my inventienv relativeto an auto mobileu I. i

I igur 2isadetai1 section takenat ri ht angles to Figure-l andshowingthe semaph0re;.i Im;Qf the improvement a extended laterally relative toan automohile, v v

Figure .3 is an enlarged cross-section taken in. he plane indicat dby hline 3 --3 of FigureZ.

Figure 4 is a detail section taken through the pulley of the improvementand'shewing the con ection of the cable to said pulley, V

; Figures v5- and '6 are enlarged views 0f, t contrqlmeehanism Qf theimp o ment.

the arrangement of theisemapho e-a m, the 'housin therefor, theretraetile springfand theeatfie. v

Figure -8 is an enlarged zdetail cross-sec tion of the control device,;Figures 9 'to l3,are'views 91' a modification hereinafter explicitlyreferred to; l ,Similar numerals designate eerreepond-ing partsinFigures 11'to-.8 to which reference wi l' stb made. I

v I illustrate in Figure, llapper o i Sh r- 34 automobil b01yKlesigmated v by l, ar;d{ i; -1xflgcenden e with on m o im nt of mynventieirlifix tnflgt h i erward leftihamlhomer I pertion. 91fthesaidvbo y a ho sing :2 d s p sed in hptightiposi'tionzand open at itsoute e deva sfshorirn ihlhiginrejl; In [the said h ilsihg .2 .{andpivoted hugeemaphore v I e uadapted t b sw 111ng from the positio hewnin Fig ,1 to

that sh wn Figures 213.1141 7 and vice ve sa The-saidarlm 4; is prefeably made to simulat a humamhand" and" a m,v e il hlstrate m Figu 2, andthearm through are ou is p bly hollow an lf-erhn inense l degignate'd;by; 5 and is designed t0; eentain e i andescent eleetriei-lanip fi, Figue 7- il he' arm 4 is preferab y Of t eh b -eec tiga l shape show'ninfLFi iire i; and hi pprovidedatf withia deer tur erlgh Wh ch-aee m yhe ga ned 9; thelamp '6' whenever the same is n.eh eesa rg. Ateths'peint I desire i un ersteed t at urrentas supplied he the lampfi.inanya 'presied n e not my...inventie1;-, gen x ha h r fore d em d itup eees'sary he illustrate t gele trie. eenheet en:cemplemen ary to: theamp,

.6 flee-shown i -F gu e T e' 'e re 1ar; memher 8 s fixe 11 and to. therm 4& to mere wit thelsa d Mame beuth Genter3- Tethe pe ipherywof heimmber 8 i ce i ne tediene. end .ef RI et eet ie spri g .9,uthe

other Len ei' which is conned-e at 10' to the lower; portion-0f; thehousing 2. From'this f it follows th t when the am 4 is swung eutof thehousing Qas shown in Figures Zand '7, the gspringQwill be tensionediol-stretched" ith the rreslilt that when he arm is eleased, t e sp ing9 wil fu etio o t rn the arm;- Q to thegphsition hown inuIfigur l i.e,rwithi t e housing. 2 nd lhfigho. a ee siderableextent -Mani es y invir- We o the armftf ing .he e and. fo m nr. v Quethe anm will. whe 'theamp 6 s i pe Figure 7 is a fragmenilflryx yseetionshowingatien-emitrayset lightso'asto rend r the arm 4 readily diseeriiihle indarkness V 'For the purpose of ve abling dr r 1 within the. ee ahedyeiqhiek y. and eas y manipulate. the 1 rm a 4 W th ut the nece ofthedriver vputting his hand or arm outof j the ear bodyl p ov eitheflcabe l n I also provide a. pulleylQ, the said cable 11' m5 7beingcenneetedat ene; end "13 to the circular memberfin thekarm 4 m,being connected eti seppesi ee dto the pulley l2 lt w'ill benoted' hereth'at'themember Sis cireum- M and the said spindle is journaled in anap- 1 and is also provided with a stop pin 16 and an arcuate series ofapertures 17.

i the face of the dial plate 15.

The said apertures 17 "are for the socketing of a pin 18 on a pointerhandle 1.9 which is connected at 20 to the spindle 13 and is keyed, tothe said spindle as appears in Figureso and'6 so that rotation of thespindle about its axis will attend swinging of the pointer handle in aplane in substantial parallelism'with It will also be noticed that thepointer handle 19 is capable 'ofbeing swung at right angles to the faceof the plate'15 for the 'socketing of the pm 13 in one of the apertures17 or for the removal of-the' pin from said apertures 7 It will bereadily appreciated from the foregoing that the taper of onelongitudinal edge of the arm 4 as designated by'30 lIl Figure 3 ismaterially advantageous inasmuch as it facilitates the swinging movementof the arm into thehousing 2'. In

, the practical use of my improvement, the

arm 4 is designed to b'e'placed in an upwardly and outwardly inclinedposition when it is desired to sig nal a turn to the right, while whenit is desired to signal a turn to the left the'arm 4' is positioned asshown in Figure 2. Again when the arm is positioned in outwardly anddownwardly inclined relation it is intended to signal that theautomobile is about to be brought to a: stop, It will be noted bycomparison of Figures 2 and 6 that the control means is so relativelyarranged and connectedthat the arm 4: will be positioned as. shown in,

Figure 2 when the pointer handle is opposite the initial L, and from"this it will be understood thatv when the arm 4 is" in outwardly andupwardly inclined position the pointerhandle will be opposite theinitial R.=while when the arm disinclined outwardly and downwardly thepointer handle operation of my novel signal'the driverhas but to observethe control mechanism, and it also follows that by the co-operation ofthehandle 19 and the pin 18 carried thereby with the apertures in thedial plate 15, the

arm 4; can be quickly fixed in detachable manner in the'variouspositi'onsindicated.

, In this connection it will be appreciated that whilethe arm't issecured as stated in variccuspositions, the arm can be quickly reonedirection after which the handle 19 can be employed to turn the spindle13 and the pulley 12 and to move the arm 4.

The embodiment illustrated in Figures 9 to 13 entails the employment ofone foot of the driver for the adjustment of the semaphore arm a, thesaid arm 4 being generally similar to the arm 4:, and being pivoted at 3in a housing 2.

In accordance with the modification of my invention, a rod 11 ispivotally connected at 13? tot-lieheel end of'the arm 4;, and the saidrod ll is pro-vided'with an abutment 33, Figure 9, and is guided in astand 3i, Figures 9 and 13, appropriately fixed at'35 on the-floor ofthe automobile body. The said rod 11 is disposed'in a slot 35 in thestand 34, and a coiled spring I 36 is arranged about thero d 11 and iniii-- tel-posed relation between the stand 34 and the abutment- 33. FromtlllSlt follows that downward movementof the-rod 11 necessaryto swingthe arm 43 into-the housing I 2 will be attendedby compression of thespring '36-so that when thesaid rod 11" is released the spring 36 willoperate toswing stand 34. As best shown in Figure 13 the edge of theupright 40 is toothed, and the teeth 41' are so disposed that the lever;38 may be easily moved downward alongside the same. It will also benoticed that' by slight lateral movement of the lever 38'it may be putinto or out of engagement with Y any one of the teeth of the upright 40.

As appears in Figure 12 one edgevo-f the arm 4 is tapered incross-section as desig nated by 30 to facilitate the movement of saidarm into the housingQ.

It is believed that from the foregoing the operation of the embodimentshown in Figures 9 to 13 will be readily understood, but it is to benoted that incident to said operation the driver positions the arm 4?according to the extent to which he moves the pedal lever 38 downwardfrom the position shown in Figure 9. It will also be noted that on therelease of the pedal lever -38 from any one of the teethof the upright40-, the spring 36 will promptly return the arm 4L to its idle positionin the'housing 2.

l have specificallydescribed the con struction and relative arrangementof the parts in the preferred embodiments of my invention in order toimpart an exact understanding of the said embodiments I do not desire,however, to be understood as conlining myself to the said specificconstruction inasmuch as my invention is defined by my appended claims,and-various changes or modifications may be made within the scope ofsaid claims Without departure from my invention. 7

Having describedv my invention, What I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent,

tial groove, a cable connected to said member and pulley and arranged topartly lie in the grooves thereof, means for operating said I pulley,and means for adjustably fixing the pulley. 1

' 2. In an automobile direction signal, the

vcombination of an auto-mobile body, a sema-' phore arm, a stand fixedto the floor of having an inclined intermediate portion the semaphorearm and extending through said aperture and having an abutment, a springsurrounding the'rod and interposed between the stand and said abutment,and. a

pedallever fulcrumed' 'onrthe in "dined por iiion of the stand andhaving it forward In testimony the body and having an aperture and alsoand a toothed upright, a rod connected to arm connected to said rod andits rear arm positioned to be engaged with; the toothed; up-right of thestandc whereof I afiix. my signature. v 1

HERBERT G. KINGQQ' v was. t

